Religious musings from the nowhere.

[katster]

You know, after my own musings on the nature of God (found here) and faith (found here), I wanted to make sure I put a prominent link to myself somewhere to the things Teresa Nielsen Hayden believes. Which resonates with me somehow.

Just a thought.

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.Teresa Nielson Hayden

[bmbeaver.livejournal.com]

Thanks for that link. :)

Re: .Teresa Nielson Hayden

[katster.livejournal.com]

Yeah. Both her and her husband Patrick have neat things to say on a regular basis. They're very regular blog reads for me. :)

But I've been meaning to link to that post in specific, so I hope you like.

-kat

Hee!

[lirazel.livejournal.com]

I believe that the cure for disliking organized religion is prolonged exposure to the disorganized sort.

::laughs and laughs and laughs::

::wipes eyes::

Boy howdy, ain't that the truth!

The thread over there is interesting... I'll have to go over it when I have time...

(And if you really like that ol' Niceaen Creed at the bottom there, you are inching ever closer to being a 'Piskypalian... just thought I'd warn you...)

Re: Hee!

[katster.livejournal.com]

It's a fascinating discussion. I remember reading it and wanting to link it, and then it came up out of the blue in another blog post recently...and since I've been musing on the nature of faith and God, it just seemed like a very appropriate time.

I like the Espiscopalians. jillcaligirl is one, and the one service I've been to with her wasn't *uncomfortable*. I like sitting through Catholic masses as well. I've always been fond of ritual as a method of worshiping the divine. And that line about proclaiming the mystery of faith always makes me feel, well, in awe of God and His creation -- that He created creatures who could stare up at the sky and *wonder*.

But there's the Jesus problem, and I've mentioned this a few times. Maybe it's too much fundy church as a kid, maybe it's something that came along with my edjucamation, but I can't quite bring myself to believe that Jesus was any more divine than you or I. And right now, that's the big stumbling block between me and Christianity.

So I guess I'll stay a Unitarian. For the moment anyway. The neat thing about spirituality is that one can change one's mind. :)

-kat

Re: Hee!

[tnh.livejournal.com]

If you can believe in God, creator of all that is seen and unseen, why balk at the idea that he could incarnate himself within his own creation? I mean, he's God. If anyone can do it, he can.